Police
Took 72 Minutes To Reach Las Vegas ShooterThe Las Vegas gunmans exact location took police 72 minutes to reach
after the first 911 call. Police received the first 911 call regarding
Sundays shooting at the country music concert at 10:08 p.m. local time,
NBC News reported. By the time, Stephen Paddock was done shooting, at least
59 people were dead and 515 injured. Officers began their search for the
gunman following the call and responders discovered the gunfire was coming
from a window of the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino after seeing muzzle flashes,
dispatch tape showed, The Mercury News reported. Police began searching
the hotels 29th floor before determining the gunman was on the 32nd floor,
NBC News reported. FoxVOA VIEW: There are a lot of questions
that will be asked.

Trump
Seeking To Avoid Gun Debate During Vegas TripThe White House is seeking to delay any discussion of gun policy as
it plans President Donald Trumps trip to Las Vegas on Wednesday, following
the mass shooting at an outdoor concert there earlier this week. Trump
is expected to meet with victims of the Las Vegas shooting and visit an
area hospital, according to a White House official. He is not expected
to weigh in on any policy solutions during the trip. POLITICOVOA VIEW: Smart decision.

Trump,
In Puerto Rico, Compares Death Toll With Real Catastrophe, KatrinasPresident Trump told officials in Puerto Rico on Tuesday that they
should be proud that only 16 people died in Hurricane Maria, compared with
the thousands killed in a real catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina. Sixteen
versus in the thousands, Mr. Trump said during his first visit to the
island, after asking one of the officials what the death count was. You
can be very proud of all your people, all of our people working together.
Sixteen versus literally thousands of people. You can be very proud. The
governments relief efforts in Texas and Florida compare favorably to the
bungled response to Katrina in 2005, which killed 1,833 people. But the
mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz, complained that the response
in Puerto Rico had fallen short of those in Texas and Florida, which prompted
Mr. Trump to lash out at her over the weekend. NY
TimesVOA VIEW: The situation in PR was completely
adverse than any complaint made by the liberal left.

Kennedys
Vote Is In Play On Voting Maps Warped By PoliticsJustice Anthony M. Kennedy has long been troubled by extreme partisan
gerrymandering, where the party in power draws voting districts to give
itself a lopsided advantage in elections. But he has never found a satisfactory
way to determine when voting maps are so warped by politics that they cross
a constitutional line. After spirited Supreme Court arguments on Tuesday,
there was reason to think Justice Kennedy may be ready to join the courts
more liberal members in a groundbreaking decision that could reshape American
democracy by letting courts determine when lawmakers have gone too far.
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Las
Vegas Shooter Sent Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars 'Overseas'The Las Vegas shooter sent tens of thousands of dollars overseas,
federal law enforcement officials told Fox News Tuesday. The revelation
comes amid questions about the whereabouts of Stephen Paddock's girlfriend,
Marilou Danley, who left the U.S. before Paddock committed the horrific
attack that killed 59 and injured at least 515 others. Investigators are
looking into whether Paddock sent the cash to Danley amid conflicting reports
she's in either the Philippines or Japan, the officials said. Fox

Cardin
Requests Details On Kushner's Use Of Personal Email AccountThe top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday
requested more information about White House senior adviser Jared Kushners
use of a personal email account to conduct government business, sending
letters to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and White House counsel Don
McGahn. POLITICO reported late Monday that White House officials have begun
examining emails associated with a previously unreported email account
on a private domain established by Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump.
Since January, hundreds of emails have been sent to the family domain from
White House addresses. Most went to an account that Kushner and Trump both
had access to and shared with their household staff for family scheduling.
POLITICOVOA VIEW: An attempt to find any
fault in Trump or his people.

Father
Saved Others From Gunfire In Las Vegas Before Being Shot In NeckA 30-year-old man is being credited with saving the lives of multiple
people amid a barrage of gunfire in Las Vegas before he was shot in the
neck and wounded, reports the Washington Post. Jonathan Smith, a copy machine
repairman from Buena Park, Calif., was reportedly in Las Vegas at the Route
91 Harvest Country Music Festival to celebrate his brother's 43rd birthday
when the shots rang out Sunday. Police have identified the gunman as 64-year-old
Stephen Paddock, who they say brought multiple firearms to a suite on the
32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel, smashed two windows and opened
fire, killing 59 and wounding more than 500..
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U.S.
Expels 15 Cuban Diplomats From Embassy In WashingtonThe Trump administration expelled 15 Cuban diplomats from the embassy
in Washington in an escalating response to mysterious illnesses afflicting
American embassy personnel in Havana. The expulsions were intended to force
the Cubans to operate their embassy in Washington under the same emergency
conditions that the United States is now operating under in Havana. The
Trump administration decided last week to pare its staff in Havana down
to a skeletal group of just 27 people who can carry out emergency services.
NY Times

Partisan
Gerrymandering: How Much Is Too Much?Chief Justice John Roberts warned Tuesday that the Supreme Court's
"status and integrity" could be jeopardized if a majority of the justices
declare that there is a constitutional limit to partisan gerrymandering.
At the same time, the court's four liberal justices warned that failing
to act poses a threat to democracy. With the court apparently split 4-4
along liberal-conservative lines, the man in the middle is Justice Anthony
Kennedy, who in a 2004 court opinion left the door open to declaring extreme
partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional if "manageable standards" could
be developed for identifying which ones are extreme. NPR

ISIS
Release New Video, Bragging That Las Vegas Shooting Is RevengeIslamic State has released a new video bragging that the Las Vegas
massacre was revenge for US attacks against their caliphate. In what appears
to be a desperate publicity stunt, the terror group claimed the horrific
acts of Stephen Paddock, 64, were down to them, saying they radicalised
him months before he shot 58 people dead and injured 527 more on Sunday
night. He then committed suicide. FBI officials rubbished the claims, saying
he had no affiliation to any terrorist organisations, but the Islamic extremists
took to their propaganda news agencies to spread the word. Daily
Mail UKVOA VIEW: Giving ISIS publicity is what
they want.

Catalan Referendum:
Region's Independence 'In Matter Of Days'Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days,
the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC. In his first interview
since a disputed vote on Sunday, Carles Puigdemont said his government
would "act at the end of this week or the beginning of next". Meanwhile,
Spain's King Felipe VI said the vote's organisers had put themselves "outside
the law". He said the situation in Spain was "extremely serious", calling
for unity. Tensions between Spain and the north-eastern Catalonia region
continue to mount. BBC

8
Surgeries To Look Like Melania TrumpShes had a tummy tuck, liposuction, a Brazilian butt lift and a nose
job revision in order to look like her idol, First Lady Melania Trump.
Texas mom Claudia Sierra actually underwent eight total procedures in recent
months to perfect the Melania look, including a breast implant reconstruction,
after previously having a partial mastectomy as part of treatment for breast
cancer. Its all to emulate the First Lady, whom Sierra, 42, calls the
perfect woman in a clip teasing her Inside Edition appearance that will
document her transformation. Star-Telegram

GOP
Congressman Repeatedly Promoted Antiabortion Stance A Week After Reportedly
Telling Mistress To Get AbortionHypocrisy, thy name is Rep. Tim Murphy. We already knew that the Pennsylvania
Republican had engaged in an extramarital affair, after it came out in
his mistress's divorce records. But things got much worse for Murphy on
Tuesday: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that text messages indicate
he told his mistress to get an abortion when they had a pregnancy scare.
That's especially problematic because Murphy is supposed to be an antiabortion
congressman. He's got nearly a flawless voting record, as far as groups
like the Family Research Council are concerned.
Washington Post

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Yahoo
Triples Estimate Of Breached Accounts To 3 BillionYahoo said Tuesday that the number of people impacted by a massive
security breach in 2013 was three times larger than it had originally announced
 and all accounts were affected. Roughly 3 billion accounts were affected
in 2013, up from the companys earlier estimate of more than 1 billion.
The company has yet to disclose the cause of the breach. The new information
emerged after Verizon Communications Inc., which purchased Yahoo for $4.48
billion in June, received more intelligence about the breach with the help
of outside forensic experts. SF Gate

President
Trump's Puerto Rico VisitPresident Trump on Tuesday made his first venture to Puerto Rico to
survey the wrath of Hurricane Maria, after touting his administration's
efforts there and criticizing local officials for being unprepared for
the storm's ramifications. The most memorable points of his trip came --
as the posts below note - when the president joked Puerto Rico was burdening
the federal budget, said officials should be "proud" Puerto Rico didn't
end in as many lives lost as other storms like Hurricane Katrina, and threw
paper towels to storm victims at a church. The president departed Puerto
Rico about an hour ahead of time, spending just a few hours on the ground.
While there, Mr. Trump praised the federal response to the storm throughout,
even as more than 90 percent of the island is without power and as many
have no drinking water. CBSVOA VIEW: It shows that the disaster could
not be calculated or prepared for.

Ivanka
Trump, Jared Kushner Had Third Email AccountFirst daughter and assistant to the president Ivanka Trump and her
husband, senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner, reportedly received
hundreds of White House emails to a third private email account while serving
in the Trump administration. Trump and Kushner used the account in addition
to their two respective personal email addresses while serving in official
White House roles, Politico reported Monday. US News
& World Report

Mattis
Pressed To Defend Trump's Rejection Of US-North Korea TalksJames Mattis pressed to explain Trump's approach to North Korea. Defense
Secretary James Mattis was pressed Tuesday to explain President Donald
Trump's recent spate of tweets that appeared to reject a diplomatic solution
on North Korea. It followed the Defense secretary's opening remarks to
a Senate panel that the Pentagon "supports fully" Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson's ongoing "efforts to find a diplomatic solution [to the North
Korean threat] but remains focused on defense of the United States and
our allies." CNBC

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Mattis:
US Will Try To Work With Pakistan On Terrorism 'One More Time'The United States will try to work with Pakistan on terrorism one
more time before taking punitive action to pressure them to do more, Defense
Secretary James Mattis said Tuesday. We need to try one more time to make
this strategy work with them, by, with and through the Pakistanis, and
if our best efforts fail, President Trump is prepared to take whatever
steps are necessary," Mattis said at a House Armed Services Committee hearing.
Mattis was testifying at the House Armed Services Committee alongside Joint
Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, the pairs second hearing
of the day on the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. The
Hill

First
Rifts Emerge In Palestinian Reconciliation TalksA new round of Palestinian reconciliation talks experienced its first
sign of trouble on Tuesday as the Hamas militant group said it would not
give up its vast weapons arsenal, putting it at odds with both the rival
Fatah movement and Israel. The tough comments by Hamas supreme leader,
Ismail Haniyeh, provided a reminder of the long road that lies ahead after
this weeks launch of talks with President Mahmoud Abbas Fatah movement.
Abbas prime minister, Rami Hamdallah, is in Gaza, where he has received
a warm welcome in what is by far the most ambitious attempt by the Palestinian
rivals to end a 10-year rift. Washington Post

House
Tax Plan 'Highly Likely' To Include Fourth Rate On Wealthy, Likely Not
Higher Than 39.6%House Republicans are leaning toward setting a higher tax rate for
wealthy Americans than the one outlined in the framework unveiled by the
White House and GOP leadership last week. That plan called for consolidating
the current seven tax rates into just three  12, 25 and 35 percent. However,
it gave lawmakers the option of adding a fourth rate to ensure that high-income
households do not receive the biggest benefitsand a senior Republican
said they are "highly likely" to take it. The Republican, who spoke on
the condition of anonymity to discuss internal negotiations, said the precise
rate has not been determined. But, the person said, it will not be higher
than the current top rate of 39.6 percent. CNBCVOA VIEW: Why!

GOP
Establishment Doubts Bannons Primary PowersEstablishment Republicans are skeptical that former judge Roy Moores
victory in last weeks Alabama GOP primary runoff means that an alliance
of insurgent conservative groups, led by former White House chief strategist
Stephen Bannon, is about to knock off more Republican incumbents. Bannon
and his allies have used Moores Tuesday night victory over the establishment-backed
Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) as a springboard to float challenges against
a fleet of Republican incumbents. Bannon and his allies see the wind at
their backs after a unified and high-profile push, arguing that the win
means that no incumbent is safe. The Hill

New
Details Emerge About Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock And Girlfriend Marilou
DanleyAs investigators continue to search for a motive for Las Vegas gunman
Stephen Paddocks rampage, new details have emerged about his life and
his relationship to his longtime girlfriend Marilou Danley. Authorities
are waiting to interview Danley once she returns from Asia, hoping she
can shed light on what might have driven Paddock to open fire from his
casino hotel room Sunday night, killing at least 59 people and injuring
more than 500 on the Las Vegas Strip. Washington
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Pences
Chief Of Staff Floats Purge Of Anti-Trump Republicans To Wealthy DonorsVice President Mike Pences chief of staff railed against congressional
leaders in closed-door remarks to wealthy donors and called for a purge
if GOP lawmakers dont quickly rally behind President Donald Trumps agenda.
In remarks at a Republican National Committee event at the St. Regis Hotel
in Washington on Tuesday morning, Nick Ayers also warned that Republicans
are on track to get shellacked in next years midterm elections if GOP
lawmakers dont pass Trumps legislative priorities. POLITICO

Biden
To Alabama: No More Extremist SenatorsFormer Vice President Joe Biden (D) on Tuesday made his pitch to Alabama
voters to support Democratic Senate nominee Doug Jones, telling the campaign
rallys crowd that it doesnt need "another extremist serving in the upper
chamber. We dont need another extremist up in the United States Senate,
Biden said, referring to former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy
Moore, who last week won the Republican primary runoff. The
Hill

DOJ
Releases Slew Of Memos Lobbying Against Presidential Appointments For FamilyThe Justice Department has released a trove of decades-old internal
legal memos concluding the President should be legally barred from appointing
a relative to a position in the White House, shedding new light on just
how sharp a departure the department's more recent interpretation of federal
law under the Trump administration compares to past practice. When the
Justice Department concluded on Inauguration Day 2017 Jared Kushner could
serve in his father-in-law's administration without violating anti-nepotism
laws, legal experts scratched their heads at the ruling. CNNVOA VIEW: It is clear that Trump was treated
with bias.

Uber
Strips Power From Ousted CEO Travis KalanickUber has stripped power from its founder and former CEO, Travis Kalanick,
part of an ongoing struggle to move past a scandal-plagued mess at the
company. The ride-hailing behemoth's directors on Tuesday unanimously approved
a host of changes to the way Uber will be run. Among them, the already
massive board of 11 will increase by six members, according to a person
familiar with the board's decision. Also, board members will all vote on
an equal scale. CNN

Wells
Fargo CEO Sloan Should Be Fired, Senator Warren SaysSenator Elizabeth Warren, a frequent foil of the biggest U.S. banks,
said its time for another Wells Fargo & Co. chief executive to go.
CEO Timothy Sloan -- continuing the banks extended mea culpa tour -- told
lawmakers during a Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday that the buck
stops with him on the lenders recovery from recent scandals that potentially
wronged millions of customers. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, accused
the longtime senior executive of either being incompetent or complicit.
Either way, you should be fired, Warren told him. Bloomberg

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IRS
Awards Equifax $7.25 Million No-Bid Contract To Help 'Verify Taxpayer Identities'EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow once said that asking the government
to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window
blinds. The Internal Revenue Service, it seems, has taken this warning
as a recommendation. With no apparent sense of irony, the nations tax
collectors have awarded embattled credit-reporting agency Equifax a contract
to assist the IRS in verifying taxpayer identities as well as assist
in ongoing identity verification and validations, according to contract
award posted to the Federal Business Opportunities database. Gizmodo

N.J.
Mega Car Dealer Pulls TV Ads Over NFL ProtestsIn response to the ongoing controversy surrounding NFL players kneeling
during the national anthem, the owner of Flemington Car and Truck Country
has pulled the dealership's ads from broadcasts of games for the remainder
of the 2017 season. "The National Football League and its owners have shown
their fans and marketing partners that they do not have a comprehensive
policy to ensure that players stand and show respect for America and our
flag during the playing of the national anthem," Steve Kalafer said in
a statement. New Jersey TimesVOA VIEW: Good!

Girlfriend Of Las Vegas Gunman
Arrives In USFederal authorities met the Las Vegas killers girlfriend at Los Angeles
International Airport late Tuesday and said they will take a harder look
at what she might have known leading up to the deadliest mass shooting
in modern U.S. history. Marilou Danley, 62, was staying in the Philippines
on Sunday when her boyfriend, Stephen Paddock, opened fire from his hotel
room and killed 59 people at a country music festival on the Las Vegas
Strip. Days before the shooting, Paddock transferred $100,000 to the Philippines,
a U.S. official told the Associated Press. That official was briefed by
law enforcement but not authorized to speak publicly because of the continuing
investigation. Investigators were still trying to trace the money and also
looking into a least a dozen financial reports over the past several weeks
that said Paddock gambled more than $10,000 per day, the official said.
Fox

Democratic
Reps Boycott Moment Of Silence For Las Vegas VictimsRep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) refused to take part in a moment of silence
for the victims of the largest mass shooting in U.S. history that occurred
in Las Vegas Sunday night. Now is not a moment for silence; it's a time
for action," the congressman tweeted. Moulton was joined by Rep. Katherine
Clark (D-MA), who also boycotted. Moulton took a shot at House Speaker
Paul Ryan on Tuesday, telling him to "do your job" and vote on gun legislation,
and that he is "letting America down." He and several Democrats also refused
to stand for a moment of silence for the victims of the June, 2016 Pulse
nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. The Democrat is an outspoken gun
control advocate, and has pressed Republicans to take up gun control legislation.
FoxVOA VIEW: Moulton and others like him
will be gone in 2018.

Trump
Aides Deliver Shortlist Of Fed CandidatesPresident Donald Trumps advisers have given him a final list of people
theyre recommending as candidates to lead the Federal Reserve and have
ended the search, according to seven people familiar with the matter. Two
of the people said Fed Chair Janet Yellen remains under consideration --
even though few, if any, of Trumps inner circle are advocating for her
re-appointment. Trump could bring in a wild-card candidate, but several
of the people said thats unlikely. Bloomberg

Trumps
Generals Thwart Him On The Iran DealIt's no secret that President Trump is desperate to withdraw the United
States from the Iran deal. Trump blatantly resents the agreement, the crowning
foreign policy achievement of the Obama administration, and lambastes it
whenever he can. That included his speech last month at the U.N. General
Assembly, during which he called the deal an embarrassment and hinted
to reporters that he was ready to scrap it. Now the White House faces its
latest deadline  Oct. 15  to certify to Congress that Iran is in compliance
with the terms of the deal. Trump has grudgingly given that approval two
times this year, but has loudly signaled that he won't keep doing so. The
Washington Post

Michelle
Obama: Young People Feel What's Happening Now 'Not What They Were Taught'Former first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday that many young people
only know life under her husband's presidency and may consider "what's
happening now as intrinsically not what they were taught." "Many of the
young people today, they only know Barack Obama as their president and
what that standard felt like and what kind of messages were being talked
about," she said at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women, according to
CNN. "They grew up only under hope and possibility and options and opportunity
and creating more space," she continued. The HillVOA VIEW: Obama was a loser.

North
Korea Tension Sidelines South's Unification MinistryEvery day, South Korea's Unification Ministry sends officials to the
border village of Panmunjom to call North Korea at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For
more than 18 months, the North hasn't picked up. As North Korea steps up
its nuclear weapons tests and threats, the Unification Ministry, dedicated
to improving relations with the North and eventual peaceful reunification,
faces an almost existential crisis. Not long ago the ministry was one of
Seoul's most powerful departments. It had central roles in engineering
two historic summits between the leaders of the two Koreas and launching
joint economic projects in the 2000s. ABC News

State
Department Defends US Vote Against Death Penalty Ban At The UNSecretary of State Rex Tillerson's team on Tuesday defended the decision
to vote against a United Nations resolution calling for the "abolition
of the death penalty," and said the language was an overly broad measure
that is at odds with U.S. practice. "The United States clearly has the
death penalty, both at the state and the federal level; that is why we
voted against this," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters.
The broad resolution criticized the use of the death penalty in several
cases, including its use to punish homosexual behavior. Nauert made it
clear that the U.S. also opposes the death penalty in these cases, but
said it had to oppose the measure in its entirety at the U.N.
Washington Examiner

Exclusive:
Jared Kushner's Personal Email Re-Routed To Trump Organization Computers
Amid Public ScrutinyPresident Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump
re-routed their personal email accounts to computers run by the Trump Organization
as public scrutiny intensified over their use of private emails to conduct
White House business, internet registration records show. The move, made
just days after Kushners use of a personal email account first became
public, came shortly after special counsel Robert Mueller asked the White
House to turn over records related to his investigation of Russia's interference
in the 2016 election and possible collusion with Trump associates. USA
Today

Vice President
Mike Pence Pushes GOP Tax Reform Plan During Phoenix VisitVice President Mike Pence visited Phoenix on Tuesday where he met with
Gov. Doug Ducey and Arizona business leaders to discuss Republican efforts
to pass tax reform. He was scheduled to attend a political fundraiser at
an undisclosed location Tuesday night. After landing at Sky Harbor International
Airport at about 2:30 p.m., Pences first stop was Ajo Als restaurant
in north-central Phoenix. There, he and Ducey pitched Republicans' tax
proposal to a pre-selected group of small-business owners and supporters.
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